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Hi Anthea and thanks for the warm welcome. I've set up an account here as Nigeepoo as that's who I am on the Nutrition and Fitness BBC - Health Message Board. We're not allowed to use names, e-mail addresses or url's there.

Well surprise surprise, guess who it is here.........Diane off the message board. So how are you finding this site? It is nice that you are not controlled in he same manner as the health board and freedom of speech is easier. I don't chat on here too much as i prefer the banter but if you want to chat just say hi. I am pleased you have found a way to eat that you enjoy and works for you. I myself am a total different kettle of fish but then it wouldn't do for us to all be the same!! I mean could you imange if we all ate exactly the same the planet wouldn't beable to keep up with us ha ha ha! But i am sure even despite our different ways of eating we can be friends of the slimming brigde!! Take care Diane

Hello Diane.

It shouldn't have been much of a surprise - I've dropped enough heavy hints on the other board!

I think most of my posts on that board will just refer people to here from now on, as here is where all the juicy links are.

Cheers, Nige.

Say no to and !

Well good morning, I didn't know how long it would take you to reply, but you seem quick off the march!
Guess who i am meeting very soon??? Big E, i can't wait we have been e mailing each other for quite some time, and really get along so i am heading off to Manchester about the middle of August. Knowing him it should be a scream.
I would love to be in contact with some of the girls off the eating disorders site but i just dare not even suggest this site for fear of having my wrists slapped!
I live near Sherwood Forest, in fact that near i could walk to the major oak in no time at all. I am 40 been married for 21 years and have 2 teenagers 19 and 16 and 2 cats. We live in a small village the population is about 400 quiet and pretty.......well it was until we moved here i think it was a cultural shock for my two let alone any of the other villagers! But we all get along ok and had no problems.
So what do you think of this site then? more relaxed than the other i'd say.
Just recently it has been getting too bitchy and i can't really cope with all the arguements, i just wish we could all get along. Don't get me wrong i love some banter but not at the price of hurting others in the process.
So who else has taken the bullet and contacted you then?
Love Diane

Well, hello again!

I've just seen Eileen off on a weeks holiday in Weymouth with some lady friends from the D & S club, so I'm footloose and fancy free!

I've had e-mails from BigEric and Ian Heavy so far.

Are you allowed to mention h2g2 on the ED board? I've got away with mentioning it on the nutrition board without having my posts rejected. Try it and see. The worst that can happen is having your post rejected. I had a look at the ED board. It was heartbreaking reading some of the posts. How people (it seems to be mainly girls) can get their heads so badly screwed-up, Sheesh! Is it all the stuff in the girls mags making them feel inadequate? I dunno, I'm not a psychologist/psychiatrist and have not the faintest idea what's going on in their heads.

I noticed some names on the ED board who post on the nutrition one too. I will be extra careful with what I say. You probably noticed my reply to hanna where I suggested that the nutrition board was probably not the place for her - I hope I did the right thing.

As far as the "arguments" are concerned, I think things have settled down. When Struth Ruth first appeared, we were at each others throats for a while as we had diametrically opposing views. Now that we understand where the other is coming from, we are "best buddies" and regularly take the piss out of each other!

I think the same thing is happening with Mary Bellamy.

We're never going to agree on everything. It's a bit like politics and religion - there's a lot of belief involved.

Anyway, that's enough of my ramblings. Are you going to set up a h2g2 page? If you do, best use the same username and password as on the message board - just in case. Ian's account got screwed-up somehow.

See ya, Nige xXx

Hi Nige, sorry i didn't get back earlier only i did send you a reply and just when i sent it i got disconected!!! Arghhhhh i really hate it when that happens.
As you may already know, i too suffered from both bulimia and anorexia about 13years ago. Both are like living in another world, and i would not wish it on anybody.
I am a true believer in fate and that things happen for a reason. The reason being for myself that i now help many to not overcome their eating disorders but also help many of the general public to lose weight.
I still struggle to this day with my eating but at least i don't make myself sick anymore, but when i am trying to lose weight i have to be very very carefull. It would be very easy for me to get back into the old thinking mode and end up staving myself to death, or vomiting till i burst the blood vessels in my eyes......of which i did many times. It is funny how lives take a turning for the better, but at the time you can't see the sky for the fog. If there was one sence i could lose it would be the taste buds... i could quite cope without that one.
I am sure any information you have tried to give in the past to these unfortunate girls has been fine so don't worry. The best thing is for them not to post on other sites..but then that would have to include me to, as if i had to have one site to chose from it would be the eating disorders site.
Well itis nice that things have calmed down a bit on the site, i thought guns were going to fire st one point although i am guilty today of replying to Lynn in a way that i don't think will please her. She totally misunderstood me and my thoughts on low carbing and presumed i thought it was ok. I did reply and tried to keep it nicey picey though. If we all thought the same way life would be one big bore.
So how is your weight now, have you reached a stable weight or are you still trying to lose. I now have 8lb to go to get to goal, i think it is going to take me about 4 weeks to get there, and i really must go to the gym to increase my mbr. I am in the healthy weight range now as i weigh 8st 13 1/2 at 5ft 4 but i wish to be under 8 1/2stone as i am due to have my operation on the 19th sept and i want to be the same weight i was when i first had it done. If you are bnot aware i had cosmetic surgery but it went wrong and i was left with unslightly bumps on my hips. Unfortunately i had the car crash when i was due to go in and then everything got totally messed up and i ended up gaining 3 stone!
That is all behind me now and a lesson learned.
Anyway speak soon love Diane

Hi, Di!

I know what you mean about the BBCi site. Sometimes it's so slow it drives me mad.

I knew about your cosmetic surgery from one of the other boards. I personally don't believe in fate and pre-ordination (sp?). I think that things just happen, and that you have to make the best of a bad lot, sometimes.

Don't worry about Lynne - I'm sure she won't take anything you've said personally.

I could afford to lose another half-stone. It took a while for the fat to accumulate while my thyroid was going downhill, so it'll take a while to get rid of it again. I'm exercising more these days and drinking more water than ever, and I'm feeling absolutely grrrreeeaattt!

I hope you get yourself "sorted" as it were, healthwise.

That's all for now, Nige xXx

Morning Nige, so drastic action taken today hey!! I really don't care!! A few months ago the nutrition site was great we had a good laugh and was very supportive of each other but now it seems to becoming a site where every body is venting their anger at each other and i am stressed enough without their rage as well. Even if i don't contribute to others messages it still winds me up to think that they come on the site initially for support and get bombarded by others who think that they have the god forgiven right to upset! I can honestly say i have never upset anybody on there on purpose. Atkins or not I am sure that support can be given despite what diet someone may be on, but that does not seem the case. You only get the support from those on the same way of eating. Maybe i am having a bad day or maybe it could be PMT but if it is it has been with me now for about 2 weeks. So i sigh and go to the deleated bin along with Big E! Maybe one day i will change my mind who knows. Love Diane x

Blame it on the BBC for directing the Diet Trials page to that message board. That's when I first joined, so I don't know what it was like before.

As you've noticed, I don't let any unsubstantiated comments about you-know-who's diet go without comment. My research has indicated that sat fats absent the wrong type of carbs are actually heart-healthy. You need to rummage around ajcn and other journals searching for things like "saturated fat" "ketogenic diet" "hepatic lipase" "lipoprotein lipase" etc.

I hope you stick around to advise people. The board needs some balance.

In the meantime, "Chill with the still and feel the cool sea breeze".

Love, Nige xXx

Nige, I am not pointing the blame at anybody in particular. You would have enjoyed the messageboard as it was, it was great. At least you do try and back up your comments by research. I am also fed up with my posts being returned! I sent one the other day and had it returned because i meantioned my parents age and my weight i mean honestly they said they thought i was trying to give out a phone number. I sigh and one great big one at that! So i am trying to chill, maybe if i wore something other than a jumper i may be able to cool down. haha love Diane x

Ha ha. The number of posts I've had returned. The problem is, since I'm posting at work and the "dear John" goes to my home addy, I never know whether the board is being particularly slow or whether I have been rejected again.

Try, try and try again, that's my motto. Keep on keeping on.

Even though we have diametrically opposing views on diet and nutrition, it's good that we are not tearing each others hair out.

Love, Nige xXx

A bit like religion then all fom diffrent angles but there can only be 1 god.......if he/she is there ha ha

Exactly! Just like politics, too.

LOL